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“Great men are like eagles, and build their nest on some lofty solitude.” –Arthur Schopenhauer

Gregg Obst — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 23:41:34 +0000

An adult Bald Eagle soars high over the Susquehanna River in Maryland on Friday 11-25-2011.

No fish for you !

Gregg Obst — Sat, 26 Nov 2011 14:27:34 +0000

A Bald Eagle looks down on us menacingly after finishing his fish breakfast. Shot over the Susquehanna River in Maryland on Friday 11-25-2011.

Don’t chew with your mouth open !

Gregg Obst — Sun, 20 Nov 2011 15:40:06 +0000

An adult Bald Eagle, banded as “S04″, a five year old bird originating from New York State, chews on a freshly captured fish. Shot over the Susquehanna River in Maryland on Saturday 11-12-2011. I had to hand hold for this shot because the tripod wouldn’t give me the angle upward that I needed.

Breakfast specials, now featuring seafood

Gregg Obst — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 17:16:01 +0000

An adult Bald Eagle, with freshly caught fish, flies off in search of a safe place to eat it. Shot over the Susquehanna River in Maryland on Wednesday 11-9-2011.

“Go away kid, you’re bothering me !”

Gregg Obst — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 14:49:23 +0000

An adult Bald Eagle, having just caught a fish for breakfast, tries to elude the chase of a juvenile Bald Eagle who would like nothing more than to steal the fish while in flight. Shot over the Susquehanna River in Maryland on 11-5-2011.

“Friends” at times when friends are not welcomed…

Gregg Obst — Sun, 06 Nov 2011 14:57:17 +0000

The juvenile bird is a New Jersey bird as indicated by the green leg band. I wasn’t able to read the number though.

Let the migration season begin !

Gregg Obst — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 15:39:27 +0000

2 year old (approximately) juvenile Bald Eagle flying away with his freshly caught fish over the Susquehanna River in Maryland 10-25-2011.

Happy Independence Day America !

Gregg Obst — Mon, 04 Jul 2011 13:36:42 +0000

The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.” – Thomas Jefferson

For more information on Bald Eagles, visit the Cornelll Lab Of Ornithology.

This is a composite of one of my Bald Eagle shots from the 2010 Fall/Winter migration season and a hire scan of the Declaration of Independence which I weathered a bit more on a seperate adjustment layer.

Hoping they can rebuild…

Gregg Obst — Sun, 27 Feb 2011 18:19:54 +0000

I found out this past week that this Eagles nest I had been following for the past several years in the Delaware Water Gap area of N.E. Pennsylvania fell victim to the very high winds back on Saturday 2-19-2011. The top of the tree snapped off and the nest is gone. What makes this all the more heart breaking is that the Eagle couple that lived here probably already had begun mating for this season and now they will have no place to raise this season’s Eaglets if they do end up having any. It takes quite a while for an Eagle to build a proper nest so outside of finding and taking over an abandoned nest elsewhere, this season is probably a total loss for them. Sort of like a human having a baby and then coming home from the hospital only to find that your house has burned down.

I took this shot back on 5-17-2009 of one of the parent Eagles with one of the two Eaglets staring directly at me.

For more information on Bald Eagles, visit the Cornelll Lab Of Ornithology.

Eagle comes in for a close up with his lunch

Gregg Obst — Fri, 18 Feb 2011 01:33:43 +0000

Adult Bald Eagle with fish. Taken over the Susquehanna River in Maryland on 11-6-2010. I’m not real happy about having cut off part of the wing at the top when composing this but when they fly up close to you like this the adrenaline starts pumping and compositional skills often go right out the window.

For more information on Bald Eagles, visit the Cornelll Lab Of Ornithology.